Operationalizing Brand Management

I help brands find their footing with brand strategy that's commercially grounded and built for execution

How we work together

I come in at inflection points: a rebrand, a business model shift, new leadership, or rapid growth. I step in as an interim CMO or on a project basis to deepen your customer understanding, sharpen your brand strategy, and build what it takes to execute it

  • Claire is a results-oriented consultant who quickly added value by coming up to speed on our business and taking the reins on business-critical menu projects. She is a broad thinker, but also gets hands-on with her partners to push work streams forward.”

    — Kimberly Bean, VP Brand Experience, Arby’s

  • “Claire is an active listener with a productive sense of urgency and a pragmatic orientation. Said simply, she knows where to find value and she goes after it in such a way that balances quick wins with longer term investment.”

    — Liza Lefkowski, VP and GM, Global Merchandising & Brand, Wayfair

  • “Claire is an inspirational leader with innate creative instincts; that when coupled with her deep experience bank on all things brand strategy, consumer insights, and brand marketing, it makes Claire a unicorn that is able to zoom out and think brand strategy, and zoom in with a tactical doer-approach and action-orientated mindset”

    — Alex Frias, CMO, Steve Madden

  • “Claire is a builder - she knows how to build a business from scratch and can quickly recruit the right people and spark group cohesion”

    — Rachel Yarbrough, HR Business Strategy Leader, Amazon WW Stores

  • “Claire stepped in to develop the vision and strategy for a new digital experience. She set us up with an approach that not only inspired but also provided a structured path for experimentation and iteration for the program.”

    — Nik Dhodi, VP, Global Channel Development, Starbucks